Abstract
Objective: To determine current characteristics of bowel care practices of chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. Design: Prospective interview and examination of 100 SCI patients injured for more than 1 year. Setting: Freestanding rehabilitation outpatient SCI center. Participants: One hundred chronic SCI patients. Results: The following bowel program characteristics were found: alternate-day programs were most common; most subjects performed their programs in the morning; and tetraplegic subjects performed their programs less often, used suppositories more often, required greater assistance, and took longer to complete their programs. Conclusions: Bowel dysfunction in chronic SCI need not be associated with complications in the majority of cases.
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